anybody had/have painful hallucinations??
Posted by Karenelee (Member # 11044) on :
tomasz,
yes. but I don't know if they were from the lyme, from post-traumatic stress disorder, from lack of sleep, or some other reason. Basically from '92 to '95 I had many psychiatric symptoms, among them visual and auditory hallucinations.
Are you having hallucinations? They say that if you *know* you are having them, that's good, because it means there is still an objective sense of what is real and what is not.
Is there some way I can help?
Karen
Posted by fatigued15 (Member # 6437) on :
Yes my son did and they have all resolved with Lyme and Babesia treatment.
Posted by Tomasz (Member # 11214) on :
I don't know how to call it - obsession or hallucination or psychosis. I'm not a psychiatrist. I see things assiotaited with sex, it's probably sexual obsession. But I see it! It lasts about 10 months :|
Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :
Pubmed results for Lyme & hallucinations- note #5 with hypersexuality- Items 1 - 7 of 7 One page.
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Painful hallucinations and somatic delusions in a patient with the possible diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.
Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: an atypical tale of 2 patients.
Arch Neurol. 2005 Apr;62(4):671-3. PMID: 15824271
3: Grzywa A, Karakula H, Gorecka J, Chuchra M.
Delusional disorders in the course of tick-born encephalitis and borreliosis in patients with hemophilia A and posttraumatic epilepsy--diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2004 Jan;16(91):60-3. Polish. PMID: 15074025
4: Stricker RB, Winger EE. Related Articles,
Musical hallucinations in patients with Lyme disease.
South Med J. 2003 Jul;96(7):711-5. PMID: 12940329
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A 25-year-old woman with hallucinations, hypersexuality, nightmares, and a rash. Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Apr;153(4):545-51. No abstract available.
PMID: 8599404
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Lyme psychosis
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Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
People on a ton of narcotics (as my dad was when he was dying), often hallucinate (see things that you know aren't really "there").
It has to do with the opioid receptors being impacted.
These receptors are kicking in to modulate the amt. of dopamine and acetylcholine...trying to raise the levels of these neurotransmitters.
There are supps. that can help support dopamine and acetylcholine levels.
Any really good neurologists in your area that know HOW to balance the neurotransmitters?
It is very tricky and finding a really good neurologist is important.
Bb has a gene for C-acetyltransferase. This enzyme is needed to MAKE acetylcholine.
If you find a good neurologist, let him/her know that. It is a starting point.
Posted by Tomasz (Member # 11214) on :
yes I had musical hallucinations, once upon a time the sound of my brothers' breath was so loud that I thought it's in my ear, a sound of fridge was so loud I thought that somebody started an engine in my head...
when I was 15 (no I'm 21) I was on a camp organized by my school, I was there about 3-4 days, and then I returned to my home and somebody from my family talked to me something I couldn't hear his/her voice but voice of my school mate... the voices were changed it was very scarry and lasts 3 days...
when I was 15 too, once, I couldn't talk for 3-5 minutes, I couldn't say any word, I knew what I wanted to say, but I couldn't to express it
sometimes I hear a beautifull (for me) song in my ear, but I cannot remember that later, the song is "original" written by my brain...
greetings
ps. sorry for my ugly english
Posted by Karenelee (Member # 11044) on :
tomasz,
Sorry to hear you are experiencing this.
I take an anti-psychotic medication (seroquel) to keep the music and intrusive "audible" thoughts at bay.
I hope you can find someone who can help you with this.
K
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
I saw creepy bugs and everything.
Why, oh why, can't I see some gorgeous guy........
Posted by nan (Member # 63) on :